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News Can Net Eyeballs By Turning Dweebish Data Into Magic Maps [1]

When it comes to telling environment and energy stories, especially about place and scale, data visualizations can turn an average story into a standout. Reporter’s Toolbox takes a look at some recent examples of inspiring data-mapping projects that provide insight into everything from auto emissions and floods to vanishing rivers and whipping winds.

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Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [9]
Transportation [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
California [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
International [23]
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Public [24]

Another Bad-News Year Ahead for U.S. Coal? [25]

As U.S. coal’s comedown continues, our latest Issue Backgrounder takes a close look at the factors behind the industry’s decline and finds a combination of economics, competition and shifting global markets, along with aging technology, politics and environmental pushback. What’s in store for coal in 2020?

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Backgrounders [26]
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Activism [27]
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [30]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Alaska and Hawaii [13]
California [14]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [15]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
International [23]
Canada [32]
Mexico [33]
Africa [34]
Antarctica & Arctic [35]
Asia [36]
Australia & Oceania [37]
Central America & the Caribbean [38]
Europe [39]
Middle East [40]
South America [41]
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"The New Weapon In The War Over Dam Removal: Economics" [42]

"The decadeslong Pacific Northwest salmon war may be nearing the end. But it's economics, not fish, that could be the demise of four dams at the center of the fight."

Energy & Fuel [6]
Fish & Fisheries [43]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [20]
Source: Greenwire [44], 10/24/2019

SEJ Gets High in Fort Collins [45]

Missed the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual gathering in Fort Collins? Never fear, for our in-house humorist David Helvarg has herein recounted the “highs” (and paranoid lows). Among them: oddball scientists, strolls in a snow storm, bad burros and beet-based dinners. Plus, the secret strategy behind SEJ’s conference site selection.

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Agriculture [47]
Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Policy [48]
Pollution [9]
Science [49]
Wildlife [50]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
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"Colorado Suit Seeks Suspension Of Drilling Permits" [51]

"DENVER — A group opposed to hydraulic fracturing announced a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to halt new oil and gas drilling permits until updated regulations are in place."

Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: AP [52], 10/10/2019

"Million-Acre Oil Lease Plan Contested by Green Group" [53]

"The Interior Department failed to analyze the cumulative impact that new fossil fuel exploration on a million acres of federally managed land in Colorado will have on the climate, the Center for Biological Diversity said in an Oct. 8 lawsuit."

Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Public [24]
National (U.S.) [12]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [54], 10/10/2019

Court Says BLM Must Disclose Development Near Utah Monument Tracts [55]

"The Trump administration will soon be required to more fully disclose any potential development or other activities on millions of acres of public lands excised from a pair of national monuments in Utah."

Energy & Fuel [6]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [8]
Public [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: Greenwire [56], 10/09/2019

"In the Mountains, Climate Change Is Disrupting Everything" [57]

"LEADVILLE, Colorado — With ominous orange-gray smoke clouds seething on the western horizon, it's easy to understand how Colorado's highest city and other mountain communities are directly threatened by global warming."

Climate Change [4]
Public [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: InsideClimate News [58], 10/09/2019

Grazing on Public Lands Still a Source of Controversy … and Stories [59]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists heads to Colorado this week for its annual gathering, it’s a good time to consider how to report on the vast public lands throughout the western United States. The latest TipSheet explores the history of conflict over public lands, the stories they yield and the resources needed to better report the issue.

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Agriculture [47]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Government [30]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [8]
Policy [48]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [12]
California [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Visibility: 
Public [24]

"Water Being Released From Former Mine Into Montana Creek" [61]

"BUTTE, Mont. — The long-awaited discharge of treated wastewater from a former open pit copper mine into Silver Bow Creek in Butte has started with little fanfare."

Natural Resources [8]
Pollution [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [24]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: AP [62], 10/02/2019

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